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Finding Your Bio People – Testing Companies – Part II

February 6, 2019 Sarah

When I tested there were not as many “commercial” testing companies as there are now. There are “professional” labs that have done testing for years.

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Summary of Testing Companies

Below is a list of various testing companies in no particular order.  Prices listed can vary depending if there is a sale. Result time also varies depending on how many tests they are processing at the time.

23andMe

I tested with them in 2015.  They offered Autosomal, and MtDNA.  The Y they offered didn’t interest me because I am a female.

  • Price: $99-$199
  • has 5 million customers as of July 2018
  • Located Mountain View, California
  • Ships to over 50 different countries
  • Tests: Autosomal, mtDNA, Y-DNA, health
  • Wait time: 2-4 weeks

 AncestryDNA

I tested with them in 2105. They had the largest genealogical pool available for matches and still do.  Large amounts of research data and seemed the easiest to understand.

  • Price: $99
  • Located Lehi, Utah
  • Available in four continents and 36 countries
  • has sold more than 14 million kits as of November 2018
  • Tests: Autosomal
  • Wait time: 6-8 weeks

MyHeritage

In 2015 they didn’t do testing.  They didn’t start DNA testing until 2016.  At that time I uploaded my data.

  • Price: $75
  • Located Or Yehuda, Israel
  • Service supports 42 languages and 102 million users
  • Tests: Autosomal
  • Wait time: 3-4 weeks

Living DNA

I tested with them in September of 2018. It’ has 21 specific sub-regions of the United Kingdom and since I have roots there I tested.

  • Price: $79
  • Launched in 2016
  • Located England
  • Database size 1.1 million
  • Connect in 80 world wide regions (currently best results in United Kingdom)
  • Tests: Autosomal, mtDNA, Y-DNA
  • Wait time: 10-12 weeks

FamilyTreeDNA

I tested with them in 2015. Doing both the Autosomal and mtDNA tests.

  • Price: $79.99-$199.99
  • Located in Houston, Texas
  • Tests: Autosomal, mtDNA, Y-DNA
  • In late 2007, Henry Louis Gates  PhD (of Finding My Roots) created African DNA in partnership with Family Tree DNA
  • As of February 9, 2019,Family Tree DNA database has 1,025,141 records.
  • Wait time: 6-8 weeks

AfricanAncestry

I am not African American and did not test with them. I found this site while researching and decided to include it in my list.

  • Tests: Autosomal, mtDNA, Y-DNA
  • Mailing address Washington, DC
  • Identify’s African Country of Origin and ethnic groups.
  • Database of African Lineages 33,000
  • Price: $299
  • Wait time: 6-8 weeks
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